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CNAS in the News

July 1, 2009 - CNAS Vice President for Natural Security Sharon Burke comments on the U.S. military's preparedness to address climate change in Foreign Policy. "Most of the things that the military is requesting are still for a conventional war with a peer competitor," said Burke. "The rate at which the war in Iraq has chewed through vehicles and equipment, for instance, has astonished military planners. Is this a forewarning of what it's like to operate in harsher conditions?"

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Related Topics: Natural Resources + National Security = Natural Security, Iraq, Regional Security Challenges, U.S. Foreign Policy

To Catch a Tiger

July 1, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan writes about the lessons that can be learned from Sri Lanka and the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in The Atlantic. "The ruthlessness and brutality to which the Sri Lankan government was reduced in order to defeat the Tigers points up just how nasty and intractable the problem of insurgency is," writes Kaplan.

| more | Date: 07/01/2009
Related Topics: Iraq, Regional Security Challenges, Terrorism & Irregular Warfare, U.S. Military Forces & Operations

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What's New

John Nagl and Robert Kaplan Named Members of Defense Policy Board

Washington, D.C., June 30, 2009 - The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that its President, Dr. John Nagl, and Senior Fellow, Robert Kaplan, have been named members of the Defense Policy Board (DPB) by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Nagl and Kaplan join a distinguished group of experts, including CNAS' founding Chairman William Perry, current CNAS Chairman Richard Danzig, and members of the CNAS Board of Advisors Wendy Sherman and Sarah Sewall.

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Kurt Campbell Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Nathaniel Fick Appointed CEO of CNAS

Washington, D.C., June 30, 2009 - The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is proud to announce that Dr. Kurt M. Campbell, its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder, was confirmed by the United States Senate last week and sworn in by the State Department this week as the new Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, a position formerly occupied by Christopher Hill. CNAS is pleased to announce that Nathaniel C. Fick, formerly CNAS Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed by the Board of Directors to succeed Campbell as the new CEO.

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CNAS Launches Next Generation National Security Leaders Program

WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 17, 2009 - As part of its mission to prepare and foster the next generation of national security and defense leaders, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the launch of its Next Generation National Security Leaders Program. Applications for the program now being accepted.

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Event Speakers

Philip R. Reitinger

Philip R. Reitinger was appointed by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano to serve as the Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) on March 11, 2009. In this role, Reitinger leads the Department’s integrated efforts to reduce risks across physical and cyber infrastructures.

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Richard Hale

Richard Hale oversees Information Assurance (IA) engineering and support for the Defense Information Systems Agency. In this position he is responsible for coordinating the design and implementation of a defense-in-depth strategy across the DISA managed information infrastructure and across DISA developed systems. He previously worked at the Naval Research Laboratory where he participated in the design and analysis of a variety of Navy and Department of Defense information and communication systems.

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Events

From Strategy to Implementation: Strengthening U.S.-Pakistan Relations

July 7, 2009 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building - Washington, DC

Center for a New American Security’s Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel C. Fick will testify July 7, 2009, at a congressional hearing on U.S.-Pakistan relations. The hearing has been called by Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE, chairman of a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The hearing will be streamed live here.

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Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy

June 26, 2009 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Google's Washington, D.C. Office - Washington, DC

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and Google D.C. Talk Series hosted "Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy," a panel event where experts offered perspectives on how the United States can implement a national cybersecurity strategy. Watch video of the event here.

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Striking a Balance: A New American Security

June 11, 2009 - 7:45am - 7:00pm
Willard InterContinental Hotel - Washington, DC

Striking a Balance: A New American Security was an all-day CNAS conference highlighting the major foreign policy and national security challenges facing our nation in the critical time ahead.

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Expert Highlight

Nathaniel C. Fick

Nathaniel C. Fick was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in June 2009. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer of CNAS and has been a Fellow at the Center since its founding in 2007.

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